<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">[Sent on behalf of Paul Leonardi, OCIS Program Chair Elect)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"><br>
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">The
OCIS (Organizational Communication and Information Systems) division of the
Academy of Management is pleased to announce the 2013 Doctoral Consortium, to
be held in Lake Buena Vista, FL on August 9, 2013, in conjunction with the
Annual Meeting of the AOM.</span></p>

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consortium will provide an opportunity for doctoral students to network,
receive feedback on their research and discuss career issues. All interested
PhD students working on research in the areas of Organizational Communications
or Information Systems are invited to apply.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:0in;background:#fafafa"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Confirmed
faculty advisers include:</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:0in;background:#fafafa"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Peter
Monge, University of Southern California <br>
Emmanuelle Vaast, McGill University<br>
JoAnne Yates, MIT<br>
Marleen Huysman, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam<br>
Paul Leonardi, Northwestern University</span></p>

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funding support will be available for students who are admitted to the
consortium.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:0in;background:#fafafa"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Acceptance
to the consortium will be based on a review of the application materials. Preference
for attendance and funding will be given to students who will have defended
their dissertation proposals but not their dissertations by the date of the
consortium, to those who have not previously participated in the OCIS
consortium, and to those whose institutions or fields would not otherwise be
represented.</span></p>

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application includes:</span></p>

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a 5-page, double-spaced, 12 point abstract of the proposed dissertation
research; and</span></p>

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a letter of recommendation from dissertation chair/advisor supporting the
student's participation in the Doctoral Consortium.</span></p>

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due date for applications and letters of recommendation is 10 May 2013. Please
email all application materials as attachments in one email to: </span><b style><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222;background:white"><a href="mailto:ocispdw2013@gmail.com"><span style>ocispdw2013@gmail.com</span></a>.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>


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questions, please contact Paul Leonardi (<a href="mailto:leonardi@northwestern.edu"><span style>leonardi@northwestern.edu</span></a>),
the OCIS Doctoral Consortium Chair.  And please pass this note on to doctoral
students you know who might be interested. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:0in;background:#fafafa"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Paul
Leonardi</span></p>

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Associate Professor</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Department of Communication Studies </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Northwestern University</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0000e9"><a href="mailto:leonardi@northwestern.edu">leonardi@northwestern.edu</a></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>


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